diff --git a/breeze-icon-theme.spec b/breeze-icon-theme.spec
index cb9dac1..1466d37 100644
--- a/breeze-icon-theme.spec
+++ b/breeze-icon-theme.spec
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ URL:            http://projects.kde.org/breeze-icons
 %global stable stable
 %endif
 Source0:        http://download.kde.org/%{stable}/frameworks/%{versiondir}/breeze-icons-%{version}.tar.xz
-BuildArch:      noarch
 
 Patch1: fix-breeze-dark-inheritance.patch
 
+# must come *after* patches or %%autosetup sometimes doesn't work right -- rex
+BuildArch: noarch
+
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  extra-cmake-modules
 BuildRequires:  kde-filesystem